IT’S TIME!! Altenew is releasing a brand new product – WOOT WOOT! It’s Artists’ Gouache, a gorgeous set of creamy paints that can be used completely on their own, or as a complement to Altenew’s watercolors. We are celebrating with a blog hop today, hopefully you were sent my way from the always amazing Agnieszka Małyszek! Stay tuned for details on prizes to be won!
The gouache set has 12 gorgeous pretty colors, and they can be used with a little water to make a buttery or cream consistency, perfect for opaque painting, even on dark cardstock (and amazing for layering LIGHTER colors OVER darker colors – the big difference between gouache and watercolor). You can also used them with more water to create a more watercolor type consistency, however when it dries, it can be a little streakier at this consistency than watercolor. You can even change the color by mixing with watercolor!
I’m pretty new to gouache so I’m still learning, and my card project today is not quite what I was going for – however I wanted to share now so that in a few months when I’ve had more chance to play, I can see the difference.
I actually used a stamp to create the leaves, and I’ve created a video for the process which you can check out on Altenew’s video hop TOMORROW over on my YouTube channel!! It’s been a while since I’ve posted over there!!
I’ll give you a close up look at the paints and a couple of tips that I found were helpful when it came to getting a better coverage. I used hot press watercolor cardstock for my card, and the Leaf Clusters stamp set (including the sentiment). I liked the idea of a blended background to get used to color mixing and showcase some of my fave colors from the set.
GIVEAWAY
Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 12/14/2022.
*The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.
You’ve come to the end of the hop, so if you started here first, you can always loop back to the Altenew Blog to start at the start!
Jenny x
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Wow…what a bright card, love it!
Love the vibrant colors in this card! It’s lovely and not too detailed for a beginner like me. It’s definitely inspired me to venture into the gouache zone! Thank you for sharing!
I love the blended color background and the speckles are a nice touch. I love the leaf clusters stamp. There are such pretty colors in the new set. I can’t wait to try my hand at this new medium.
Wow lovely array of gouache colors!!!!!
Really neat card! Love the sentiment! Ima, in to making kindness cards so love to see new sentiments that I might “need”.
Love the stripes of color.
Thanks for sharing your tips on this new medium!
Gorgeous card! Love the background colors.
Thanks for sharing.
So beautiful!
Very cool card! Love all the different techniques and must give gouache a try. Thanks!
Always love to see your work and inspiration. I look forward to the video.
New inks look amazing. Thanks. Sue
Your card is really cool! I love the stripes, and the sentiment is perfect! I can see the leaf clusters stamp being used in many ways!
The colors in the gouache set are so pretty. And it seems they mix beautifully, as you have shown! Thanks for sharing! 💜🎄💜
Beautiful card! Love the gorgeous colors.
What a gorgeous background! The colors are so beautiful and bold!
What a cool background! I LOVE the colors and splatters!
I love the color selection in the Altenew release of gouache paints! It will be fun to learn how to use the paints in card making!
Beautiful color combinations!
Thanks for sharing your creative process.
Love the colors! Awesome card! I’m anxious to try the gouache!
How pretty! TFS! 🙂
The colors work together so well. Great effect
All your cards are so beautiful!
Altenew Gouache painted card is bright and colorful and beautiful!! Thanks for sharing.
Lovely! Lovely background! Thanks for the inspiration Jenny 🙂
Very pretty. Thanks for sharing.
It’s always fun to learn new techniques and using new craft mediums. I look forward to seeing more from you!
Very pretty colours and great way to showcase the colours! Nice blend too!
Great rainbow background and bright vivid card!!
Beautifully done!
I am so new to this medium and your explanation answered a question for me. Thank you. Your color combination is beautiful. I love those leaves.
Beautiful card ❤️ love the stripes of colors.
I love your colorful use of this new to me medium… such a fun blog hop!
Beautiful color selections. Love this idea.
Very unique background, stunning card.
Love the boldness of this entire card. So cool and pretty!
Gorgeous colors and gorgeous card
Your cards are beautiful!
What a beautiful card, makes me want to try myself.
The colors you have chosen are so nice and bright. I’m looking forward to seeing the video and how it all went down.
Your colors are lovely. Can’t wait to see the video!
I am so amazed with the vividness and beauty of the colors in the background! Looks like so much fun to try. Thank you for the inspiration. I’m writing this after viewing your video, which was very helpful in learning about using these paints.